Johnny Carson, the iconic host of "The Tonight Show," died in 2005 at age 79 from respiratory failure caused by emphysema. He ...

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Carson the Magnificent” delivers the famous talk-show host in full while keeping the mystery of what made him tick alive ...

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The new biography “Carson the Magnificent” written by Bill Zehme (who finished the book before he died in 2023) with Mike Thomas examines how the famous late-night host behaved around his spouses, ...

"Carson the Magnificent," by Bill Zehme with Mike Thomas. (Simon & Schuster/TNS) For almost 30 years as host of “The Tonight ...

Johnny Carson presented a confident, quick-witted persona on “The Tonight Show” but his personal life was not so smooth. He ...

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The number one thing I learned was that I would never be anywhere near as good as Johnny. Maybe Frank Sinatra would shop up, ...